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Indonesian Idol (season 3)

Indonesian Idol
Season 3
Broadcast from April 21 – August 19, 2006
Judges Indra Lesmana
Titi DJ
Indy Barends
Dimas Djayadiningrat
Host(s) Daniel Mananta
Amelia Natasha
Broadcaster RCTI
Finals venue Istora Senayan
Winner
Ihsan Tarore
Origin Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
Song "Kemenangan Hati"
Genre(s) Pop
Runner-up
Dirly Sompie
Chronology
Indonesian Idol (season 3)
Finalists
(with dates of elimination)
Ihsan Tarore Winner
Dirly Sompie August 19
Ghea Oktarin August 4
Sanobo Sasamu July 28
Maria Priscilla July 21
Ilham Basso July 14
Christy Podung July 7
Sisi Hapsari June 30
Brinet Sudjana June 23
Tesa Sumendra June 16
Lee Kulalean June 9
Elisabeth Depe June 2

The third season of Indonesian Idol aired on April 21, 2006 and concluded on August 19, 2006. Indra Lesmana, Titi DJ and Dimas Djayadiningrat all returned as judges, and Indy Barends replaced Meuthia Kasim as the fourth judge. Indy was a former host of talk show Ceriwis. VJ MTV Daniel Mananta was introduced as the new host on Indonesian Idol replacing Irgi Fahrezi.

Ihsan Tarore won the competition with Dirly Sompie as the first runner-up and Ghea Oktarin finishing third. It was the second season to have a finale with two male contestants, with the second season being the first.

Auditions were held in five cities in the following order:

The elimination rounds were held from April 11–13, 2006.

The workshop round featured 28 contestants divided by gender with the 14 male contestants singing on Fridays and the 14 female contestants on Saturdays. There were three shows each week for the three weeks of the workshop rounds.


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